Bug 505754 - KdenLive crashes on every start due to a Protobuf-related error.
Summary: KdenLive crashes on every start due to a Protobuf-related error.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 506655
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: User Interface & Miscellaneous (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.04.1
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
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Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-06-18 18:01 UTC by argotvisual
Modified: 2025-08-19 01:41 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
drkonki info (47.62 KB, text/plain)
2025-06-18 18:01 UTC, argotvisual
Details
Crash log with Kdenlive 25.04.03 (39.85 KB, text/plain)
2025-07-07 16:44 UTC, argotvisual
Details

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Description argotvisual 2025-06-18 18:01:58 UTC
Created attachment 182368 [details]
drkonki info

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Since last updates Kdenlive crashes at start with this results:

Empty metadata for  "telecide"
Empty metadata for  "glsl.manager"
[libprotobuf ERROR google/protobuf/descriptor_database.cc:642] File already exists in database: versions.proto
[libprotobuf FATAL google/protobuf/descriptor.cc:1988] CHECK failed: GeneratedDatabase()->Add(encoded_file_descriptor, size): 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'google::protobuf::FatalException'
  what():  CHECK failed: GeneratedDatabase()->Add(encoded_file_descriptor, size): 
KCrash: Application 'kdenlive' crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
Aborted (core dumped)

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SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Launch Kdenlive in KDE Neon 

OBSERVED RESULT
It crashes. In console shows:
Empty metadata for  "telecide"
Empty metadata for  "glsl.manager"
[libprotobuf ERROR google/protobuf/descriptor_database.cc:642] File already exists in database: versions.proto
[libprotobuf FATAL google/protobuf/descriptor.cc:1988] CHECK failed: GeneratedDatabase()->Add(encoded_file_descriptor, size): 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'google::protobuf::FatalException'
  what():  CHECK failed: GeneratedDatabase()->Add(encoded_file_descriptor, size): 
KCrash: Application 'kdenlive' crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
Aborted (core dumped)


EXPECTED RESULT
Program launch

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma:  KDE neon User Edition 24.04 Noble
KDE Plasma Version:  6.4.0
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.15
Qt Version: 6.9.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 argotvisual 2025-07-07 16:44:55 UTC
Created attachment 183044 [details]
Crash log with Kdenlive 25.04.03

I hope this helps. I'm reporting the bug with Kdenlive 25.04.03-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build22 and Plasma 6.4.2
Comment 2 Piotr Keplicz 2025-07-08 20:16:27 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 506655 ***
Comment 3 argotvisual 2025-08-19 01:41:23 UTC
Solved in version 25.08.0, also I updated plasma to 6.4.4 and QT 6.9.1